Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant in the presence of Minister for Power, Shri Ramkrishna Dhavlikar inaugurated the 40 Kw GRID connected Rooftop Solar PV power Plant at Secretariat Building at a function organized by Goa Energy Development Agency under Department of New and Renewable Energy Goa today at Porvorim.
Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister appreciated GRID for successfully installing and running 12 Rooftop Solar power Plants all over Goa stressed on the usage of non conventional sources of energy. He said that from conventional energy sources like fossil fuels, coal now Goa is stepping towards the use of non conventional sources of energy which is solar power energy etc.
Speaking further, he said most of the people from Goa don’t know about the power shutdowns in other states. Being the power generating states, they always do a 12 hour shut down in their states, but in Goa, even after being a power dependent State, we don’t have shut downs, he pointed. The Government of Goa has entered into a MoU with the Government of Zambia for exploring the conventional heater technology he informed.
He highlighted the concentric heating plant which was recently installed at Goa University. He further appreciated Government officers for implementing various new technologies in different sectors in Goa. If we all work together with full dedication then we will be able to make Goa as number one State technology wise as well as in other sectors too, he added.
Minister for Power, Shri. Ramkrishna Dhavlikar highlighted the various upcoming Projects and emphasized on the smart City project which will save almost 1.6 MHz worth 9 crores. We are planning to start this project in Panjim city and definitely people of Goa will benefit with such projects. More than 5 solar panel plants in various Government colleges are getting ready, he informed.
Present on the occasion were Secretary (Power) Shri Y.V.VJ. Rajasekhar IAS, Director of New and Renewable Energy, Shri. Alexio Da Costa.
